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Friday, October 27, 2017

Much awaited Gazette notification to admit students for National College of Education (VidyaPeeta) based on 2016 and 2017 A/L exams released January 25. Students who sat 2016 and 2017 A/L Exam can apply. Government hope to admit 8000 students. This year students need to apply via Online also via www.ncoeadmissionmoe.net websitehttp://www.ncoeadmissionmoe.net .

National College of Educationජාතිකඅධ්යාපනවිද්යාපීඨ "VidyaPeeta" Gazette to be Released before November 2017. VidyaPeeta Details and draft Application Form will be released with Dinamina & Thinakaran Newspaper.

How to select trainees to the National Colleges of Education Sri Lanka?

As per the requirement in the educational system, annual enrollment of trainees to the National Colleges of Education will be done through Government Gazette notification.

On receiving the applications, number of entrants will be decided according to based on the application receive. Eligibility to follow each subject/field will be notified in t he Government Gazette.

Trainees will be enrolled according to their 'Z' scores obtained at the GCE/AL to all subjects except English, ICT and Physical Education.

For English and ICT, applicants eligible with GCE/OL and GCE/AL, should have been appeared to the tendency test held by the Department of Examinations.They will be admitted according to the scores that they obtained at this tendency test.

Regarding to the Physical Education, applicants eligible with GCE/OL and GCE/AL will be admitted giving priority to their scores obtained for talents in sports.Schedule of sports and scores considering to grant such scores will be notified in the Government Gazette.

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Sri Lanka Government's final decision over controversial Private Medical college Malabe SAITM will be taken Friday October 27. Sources say solution will NOT be included a shutdown or abolishing above SAITM campus.

Though government proposed
& implemented several solutions during past months to solve SAITM Campus (සයිටම්) issue, nothing worked properly.

Controversial private medical campus’s saga has become a burning issue now in Sri Lanka.

Government medical University students are boycotting lecturers since
February this year. Other university Students, unions, doctors, civil groups
& parents of government medial universities are continuously launching
protests and strikes. About 200 government medical students' parents are ready
to launch fast unto death campaign if failed to solve SAITM problem.

Buddhist monk leaders also
requested from government to solve SAITM issue. Several powerful Ministers in the government
continue to pressure. As situation getting worse, early this week President Maithripala
Sirisena promised a final decision over SAITM campus coming few days.
Government final decision will be taken Friday October 27 after president back
to Sri Lanka from Doha.Recently Sri Lanka government Take Over a private medical teaching hospital affiliated to the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine or SAITM Malabe campus – the country’s first private medical college.More than 6,000 medical undergraduates of state universities across Sri Lanka have been boycotting lectures since a court ruled in February that SAITM is operating legally. Sri Lanka government received the green light to allow private universities after a landmark court judgment 2017 January ruled that the South Asian Institute of Technology and Medicine or SAITM – the country’s first private medical university – is legally eligible to issue medical degrees.www.lankauniversity-news.com

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Sri Lankans will be able to witness a Meteor Shower (උල්කාපාත වැස්ස) between October 22 night and October 23 morning.

(Night 10.30pm between 22 October and 5.30am 23 October)

Prof Chandana Jayaratne in the Physical Sciences Division
at Colombo University, said that this a rare occurrence. Professor Jayaratne
said the Sri Lankans will be able to witness the meteor shower during the
night. The professor further said the meteor shower can be seen with the naked
eye.

In 2017, the Orionid meteor shower will be visible from
October 2 to November 7. The shower is expected to peak on the night of October
20 and early morning of October 23.

When Can I See the Orionids?

Orionids tend to be active every year in the month of
October, usually peaking around October 20-23. At its peak, up to 20 meteors
are visible every hour.

The best time to view the Orionids is just after midnight
and right before dawn.

Dust From Halley's Comet

The Orionid meteor shower is 1 of 2 meteor showers
created by debris from Comet Halley. The Eta Aquarids in May is the second
meteor shower created by debris left by Comet Halley.

Halley takes around 76 years to make a complete
revolution around the Sun. It will next be visible from Earth in 2061.

Where Can I See the Orionids?

It's called Orionids because the meteors seem to emerge
or radiate from the constellation Orion.

A First Quarter Moon will make this meteor shower easy to
see in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. While you can easily see a
shooting star looking straight up, the table below shows the exact direction of
the Orionids from your location.

Location in the Sky Tonight

NOTE: The table below changes every day to show the
coming night's location